Collar form retainer



Dec. 22, 1936.

G. R; OLIVER V 2,064,940

COLLAR FORM RETAINER Filed Sept. 30, 1935 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 22, 1936 UNHED STATES rattan PATENT OFFEQE 2 Claims.

The invention relates to collar form retainers, and has for its object to provide a 'device of this character comprising an angularly shaped spring member, one arm of which is inserted between the laminations of a collar flat at the point thereof, and the other arm, after the inserting operation, is flexed for tensioning the device and is placed in the bottom of the collar fold, thereby holding the collar flap in position and tensioned towards the tie.

A further object is to provide collar flap holding members concealed beneath the collar flaps and having tensioning means whereby the flaps will be maintained in extended position and yieldably forced towards each other.

A further object is to form the flap holder from a piece of spring wire angularly shaped and to provide the holder, adjacent its angularing point, with an outward bend whereby the collar, adjacent the flaps, will be given a rolled effect.

A further object is to provide the flap receiving arm end with a semi-circular bent portion extending inwardly to prevent the extreme end thereof from bearing against the shirt.

A further object is to provide the arm of the device which is received in the bottom of the collar fold with a bend whereby it will conform to the periphery of the collar.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set :forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional form of collar showing the form applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a collar flap, showing in dotted lines how the flap may spring outwardly so the tension of the device will return the flap to normal position after a head bending operation or other body movements.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the forms.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through a portion of a shirt and collar flap, showing device in side elevation.

Figure 5 is a plan View of one end of the collar, showing the same unfolded and the method of inserting one arm of the form between the collar flap laminations.

Referring to the drawing the numeral l designates a conventional form of collar, which comprises the inner band section 2 and the outer fold 3. The outer fold 3 is formed from laminations 3a of usual construction and terminates in flaps l. It has been found that flaps l of collars, particularly the semi-soft and soft type curl and wrinkle, incident to the movement of the head or body, and to obviate this difficulty the device is primarily designed.

The form holder is preferably formed from spring wire bent to an obtuse angle at 5 to form flap receiving arms 6 and the collar fold receiving arm 7. The arm 6 is preferably outwardly offset by an outward bend 0 so that when the device is in position a rolled edge 9 is provided at the col lar edge to eliminate any stiif appearance and to retain the much desired rolled edge. Arm 1 is slightly arcuately shaped which allows it to conform to the curvature of the collar as clearly shown in Figure 1. The lower end of the arm 6 is provided with an inwardly extending bent portion Hi, the purpose of which will presently appear. In placing the device in position, the lower end of the arm 5 is forced through an aperture H in one of the inner laminations 3 of the collar fold and is forced downwardly until the curved end it] of the arm 6 is in the point [2 of the collar flap. After the device assumes this position the curved arm 1 is swung inwardly until it assumes the dotted line position a in Figure 5, and at which time the arm 1 is flexed downwardly and the outer fold of the collar is then folded onto the band so that the collar is in the form shown in Figures 1 and 4. It will be noted by flexing the arm 7 downwardly that there is an outward tension on the arm 6.

It will be noted that the device will not interfere with the circumferential movement of a tie during a tying operation as the bend 8 offsets the device. This will be clear by referring to Figure 4. It will also be noted that there is a form in each collar flap 4 and as the devices are reversely shaped it will be seen that the tension thereof when in position will cause the arms 6 to be forced towards each other, therefore the flaps 4 will be maintained yieldably in position adjacent opposite sides of a tie, and they will return to this postion when the head and body assume normal positions after various movements. This will be clear by referring to Figure 2 wherein the dotted line position shows an outward flexing of the flap, and at which time the curved arm 1 is held against rotation by engagement in the bottom of the fold of the collar. It will be noted that the curved ends l0 extend inwardly, downwardly and outwardly in relation to the flap and body of the wearer therefore their extreme ends will not rub upwardly and downwardly on the shirt bosom and wear a hole therein.

From the above it will be seen that a collar form is provided which is simple in construction, one formed from a single piece of wire and a device which may be cheaply manufactured andsold and applied to a collar without modifying the construction of the collar.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed-as new and useful is:

1. The combination with adjacent collar flaps of a folded collar, said flaps having laminations, of flap forms, said flap forms having angularly disposed connected spring arms adapted to be sprung towards each other when the forms are in position for tensioning the same in relation to each other, said forms comprising downwardiy extending arms within the flaps at the ends thereof between the laminations, the upper ends of said arms terminating in inwardly curved portions at the fold of the collar, said inwardly curved portions terminating in oppositely extended outwardly curved portions in the bottom of the fold of the collars, the lower ends of the downwardly extending arms terminating in portions extending downwardly, inwardly and outwardly, whereby the extreme ends will be spaced from the body of the wearer.

2. The combination with an angularly shaped collar flap form formed from wire, said form having one of its arms disposed between the laminations of the collar flap and terminating adjacent the lower end of the flap, of a bent portion carried by the lower end of said last named arm, said bent portion extending inwardly and downwardly towards the inner lamination of the flap and the body of the wearer and thence outwardly away from the body of the wearer and inner lamination of the flap.

GEORGE R. OLIVER. 

